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BLENNY
blenny, combtooth blenny
(noun) small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blenny (plural blennies)
A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families.
Blenniidae (combtooth blennies)
Chaenopsidae (pike-blenny, tube-blenny, and flagblenny)
Clinidae (weedfishes)
Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazer)
Labrisomidae (labrisomids)
Tripterygiidae (triple-fin blenny)
A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related.
bartail blenny (Platycephalus indicus, in family Pseudochromidae)
viviparous blenny (Zoarces viviparus, in family Zoarcidae)
convict blenny/engineer blenny (Pholidichthys leucotaenia, in family Pholidichthyidae)
scooter blenny (Neosynchiropus ocellatus, in family Callionymidae)
Source: Wiktionary
Blen"ny, n.; pl. Blennies. Etym: [L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. , fr. slime, mucus.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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